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Beacon, Greta B. Grond

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The Beacon has been the student newspaper of Northwestern College since September 1928, when Northwestern transitioned from being an academy into a junior college. Another publication, The Monitor, existed briefly for a few years in the 1920s before The Beacon.

As the student newspaper, The Beacon serves both as a chronicle of events that happened at Northwestern and a reflection of what ideas, issues, and events were important to students. It documents student life at this institution. Northwestern College is a Christian college, and the newspaper shows the religious identity of the campus.

Collectively, The Beacon provides a …

10.01.009-.011 Lesley College Publications, Student Newspapers, 1938-1983, Alyssa Pacy

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This collection is comprised of newspapers written and published by Lesley College students between 1938 and 1983.

“The Lantern” was a weekly, student-run newspaper published during the school year. It featured articles about the undergraduate school, including campus news and events, faculty and staff appointments, stories on student activities, editorials, letters to the editor, music, plays and movie reviews, and local advertisers. This series includes issues from 1938-1939, 1948-1949, and 1954-1971.

“The Educator” was another weekly student newspaper published by Lesley College during the school year, featuring education philosophy and news, letters to the editor, faculty and student news, campus …

10.01.014 Publications, Course Listings, 1980-2008, Lesley University Archive

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The collection contains course listings produced by Lesley College (the graduate school) from 1980 to 1986 and 1995 to 2001 and Lesley University Course Description, 2001-2002 and Course Schedules: from 2001 to 2008.